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R. C. SPECHT & A. S. NIELSEN.'

SUPPORT FOR A PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN8| ISH.

' Patented Feb. 22, '1916.

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SUPPORT FOR A PRESS.

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SUPPORT -FOR A PRESS.

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Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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SUPPORT FOR A PRESS.

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RICHARD C. SPECHT AND AXEL S. NIELSEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SUPPORT FOR A PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application led January 8, 1914. Serial No. 810,994.

T0 all ywhom t may concern Be it known that we, RICHARD C. SPEoH'r and AXEL S. NIELSEN, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Support for a Press, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a machine for the purpose of cutting meat, making noodles or macaroni, stuffing sausages or pressing fruit juices, the several purposes belng accomplished by the mere interchange of sev- 'eral different types of dies.

operate the meat cutting knife without con? tinuously forcing the screw down.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the machine may be supported in any one of several convenient positions for operation.

Other objects of the invention willI as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention .is shown in the drawing in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but we are aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the feed cylinder, Fig. 2 is a view of the lower portion of the clamp used to .ppear support the machine, said clamp being an' extension of the standard shown at the bottom of Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the stay rods illustrating the manner of assembling the several parts of the machine thereon, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine -as it appears assembled on the corner of a table, Fig. 5 is a plan view of thesupporting bracket and the lower portion ofthe hopper, all of the upper parts being removed for purposes of illustration, Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the stay rods and a portion of one of the hooks attached to the hopper and die plate showing themanner of assembling the machine, Fig. 7 is a plan view' of one of the stay rods and one of the hooks showing the position thereof after the several parts have been assembled upon the stay rod, Fig. 8 is a plan view of one of the stay' rods and one of the hooks on the opposite side of the machine from the hooks shown in Figs. 6 and 7, Fig. 9 is a plan view of the screw used for forcing the piston intovthe machine and showing the feather way therein to prevent it from turning, Fig. l0 is a view of the discharge end of the machine and the supporting clamp as it appears when the machine is to be used as a meat cutter with the feeding cylinder turned to the horizontal position, Fig. 11 is a view of the upper end of the supporting standard, Fig. 12 is a view of the meat cutting die and knife, Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the meat cutting die showing the knife in contact therewith, Fig. 14 is a side elevation partly broken away for purposes of illustration of a die used when 'it is desired to stuff sausages with the machine, Fig. 15 is an end View of the cylinder of the machine showing the supporting standard therefor broken away for purposes of illustration, Fig. 16 is a view of the macaroni or noodle making die, a portion of one of the dies being broken away for the purpose of showing the outer die, and Fig. 17 is a sectional view through both of the macaroni dies.

The numeral l indicates a standard orV supporting post which carries the machine. This post has a transverse opening therein at the upper end for the insertion of a stud 2 on the yoke 3, which directly carries the machine. At the lower end the post is provided with a clamp 4 for securing the post to a table or other support. This clamp is tightened in place by means of the screw 5, which has the pivoted handle 6 connected therewith.

In order to hold the machine'in either the horizontal or vertical position, the stud 2 has a `pin 7 passing therethrough, which pin may be seated in any one of four notches in the upper end of the post,'thereby holding the machine in whichever position it is desired to place it in and when said pin is seated a screw Sis passed down into a groove 910i the stud 2 to hold the stud firmly in p ace.

The ends of the yoke are enlarged as indicated at 10 and 11 to receive the long stay.

bolts 12 and 13, said bolts being secured to each boltA as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 10 at 1li and 15. The bolt 12 has notches 16 and 17 formed therein for the purpose of` enabling the die holder 18 and cylindrical shell 1U to be assembled in place.

It will be observed that the die holder `has a hook 2O at one side and a reverselyplaced hook 21 at the other side, said hook being inserted on the stay rod 12 when in the position shown in Fig. 6, after which it is rotated to the position shown in Fig. 7 with the hook 21 in contact with `the stay bolt 13, whereupon the screw 22 is turned up against the bolt 13 tosccure the die holder in lace.

The cylindrical shell 19 has two hoo s 23 and 24 which are so positioned as to meet the notches 16 and 17 in the bolt 12 and which has a hook 25 which is intended to contact with the bolt 13, said hook. having a thumb screw 26 similar to the thumb screw 22 to hold the hopper lfirmly in place. The ho .per is assembled upon the stay rod as in '-v cated in Fig. 6, whereupon it is yturned as indicated in Fig. 7 with the other hook carried thereby which contacts with the rod 13, whereupon one end of the hopper passes down into the die holder. However, before the hopperisfplaced in the die holder one of the desired dies must4 be placed in said die holder, whichever die itis desired to use, `whether a plain die 27 having a plurality of holes therein as shown in4 Fi 5, a meat cutting die 28, sausage stuiing unnel 29' or the macaroni dies 30 and 31. Each of the dies is provided with a pin 32 to prevent them from turning with respect to the die holder.

The noodle making die 27 comprises a fiat plate havinga plurality of holestherein.

.The meat cutting die comprises a flat late 28 having a boss 33 projecting there rom, said boss having a hole therein to afford a bearing for the in 34:.` This pin supports and rotates the ife 35, said knife having cutting edges on each side thereof and being concaved and i having its concaved side against the die 28 to a ord it a goed cutting contact with said die.

The pin 34 is' threaded at its outer end as indicated at 36 and has' a crank 37 applied thereto, said crank being held in place by means of the wing nut 38. The sausage stuiing funnel comprises a funnel 29 having a flange 39 and a spout 40 which may be'of such length as. is deemed desirable. The macaroni die is made up of two parts, one a plate 31 having a ange 41 with round holes therein, the other a plate30 with a plurality of slots therein and carrying a series of pins 42 which projectinto the holes of the plate 31.

It will be observed that the plate 31 carries a series of lugs 43 between whichlugs the radial extending members `of the plate 30 lie, while nearer the center the platel has a `plurality of lugs I44,upon the top' lof a nut 55, and has two shoulders at 54'.: and.y

slidable on it is the pressure screw 56. The

pressure screw 56'bears upon a heavy spring4 57 which 1n turn bears upon the piston, thei object of said spring being to force `the material out of the hopper even when the for ward movement of the screw has ceased, thereby enabling the person using the same to cut off a string of material several times during such motion of the piston. In order not lto strain the `sprin lthe screw ispro vided with a yca 58. his .cap` surrounds` the small part o the iston rod at 54 and it has aset screw 59 to old it in a given posi 7C' ShenI is held dawn against tion. When the pressurecomes on the pis` ton if a great enough pressure is appl1ed, said cap will contact with the shoulder on` thetpiston and for that reason cannot .com-

press the spring 57 more than an. amount. which will not injure it, while the nut` 55 i will cause said screw to lift the piston` when so desired.

The screw passes through a revoluble block 60 ina transverse support 61.` This support is held. in a given position by means of suitable nuts 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 .and .67

and it affords a bearingat` 68 for a shaft 69.

The screw block is threaded at its upper end and carries a bevel. wheel 70, whichi bevel wheel is in mesh with a pinion 71 on .the shaft .69, the latter shaft being rotated fby means of the crank172. Ascrew70 is used with respect to `the flanged screw blocky 60.A In order to ing` `moved `longitudinally therethrough, `a plate 73 is secured to the underside of the cross piece 61, said plate having a feather 7 4 which projects into a .feather-way in-thev screw 56.

In` operation the nut 51 is released, the thumbnuts holding the cylindrical shell and die plate in place are=released,the pistonis withdrawn from the cylindrical shell, whereupon the hopper may be swung out into a. rconvenient 'tion to -be charged, after which it may `returned to the. position shown in Fig.` 1 and the piston forced thereinto to ress the materialsI against whichever die 1t may befdesi'edA to If the meatcuttingknife is tobe usedziteY revent the screw fromro tating with t e yblock 60 instead ofbeto prevent the bevelwheel 70 from rotating i knife will be rotated as the pressure is put -through the holes inthe die.

It will also be observed that an object o the invention is to produce a machine which can be easily and quickly disassembled for shi ment whenever so desired.

t will be noted that cap 58 carried by the feed screw will prevent the Ypiston from rotating as well as prevent thescrew from healing upon the spring too heavily. Attention is also called to the fact that the knife used for meat cutting purposes will cut n both directions, thus doubling the life of the die and the knife. When it is desired to change the dies all that is necessary is to raise the hopper out of the die holder, whereupon the desired die may be inserted in place after removing the one that has.

been in use.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, modifications within the scope'of the claims being expressly reserved:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a support, a Y shaped yoke carried thereby, a pair of rods carried by ears to secure it to the rods undr ,the cy drical shell and within which said cylindri- 'cal shellI fits, and a cross bar on the upper ends of the rods and extendingacross the top of the cylindrical shell,

2. In a device ofthe class described, the combination ofa su port, a Y shaped yoke pivotally mounted erein, a pair o threaded rodsrigidly supported. by `said yoke, a die holding ring havin open ears lto secure it to said rods, a cylin 'cal. shell having a plurality of open ears to. secure .it to the rods and seated in the die holder, a cross bar' rigidly connected with the threaded ends of the rods and extending across the top `of the cylindrical shell, and means to rigidly secure the shell to the rods.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 27 day of December A. D. 19,13, in .the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

RICHARD C. SPECHT. AXEL S. NIELSEN. Witnesses:

C. P. GRnFIN, L. H. ANDERSON. 

